Purchasing Agent

Meritage Homes • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

Meritage Homes is looking for a Purchasing Agent to support our XXX Division. This person will research and resolve Vendor disputes; including product or pricing issues, and invoice and contract discrepancies and coordinate pricing adjustments when necessary. The Purchasing Agent will build and maintain effective relationships with trade partners to better meet bidding and production requirements. They will work collaboratively with other departments, including land development, construction, marketing, finance, and design, to ensure all internals goals and deadlines are met. The role involves communicating product changes to Sales, Construction, and Subcontractors, initiating bid events with subcontractors, performing bid analysis, and creating and compiling contract confirmations as well as all backup as necessary for audit compliance. Additionally, the Purchasing Agent will assist in base cost and option price analysis, review house budgets to verify accurate base house and margin costs, and assist in the end-of-month cost-off process to get accruals for current month closings.

Requirements

• Ensure that all purchasing actions meet Meritage Homes policies and procedure requirements.
• Understand and ensure all internal purchasing audit requirements are met.
• Establish and maintain effective vendor relationships.
• Have a clear understanding of vendor capabilities.
• Gather information related to vendor performance and use that information to ensure the best total costs are achieved.
• Resolve contract issues with vendors.
• Ensure scopes of work are current and specific to each vendor.
• Prepare bid packages including specifications and bidder lists prior to bidding.
• Analyze vendor bids to ensure alignment with specifications and costs.
• Negotiate with vendors to develop cost-effective pricing.

Nice To Haves

• Provide ideas to better align bids with estimated pricing.
• Produce all bid analysis documents.
• Assemble a bid analysis for vendor selection team.
• Provide guidance concerning best choices for contracting new community.
• Ensure all vendors are correctly contracted and meet company insurance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Research and resolve Vendor disputes, including product or pricing issues, and invoice and contract discrepancies.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with trade partners.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to ensure all internal goals and deadlines are met.
• Communicate product changes to Sales, Construction, and Subcontractors.
• Initiate bid events with subcontractors and perform bid analysis.
• Create and compile contract confirmations and backup for audit compliance.
• Assist in base cost and option price analysis.
• Review house budgets to verify accurate base house and margin costs.
• Assist in end-of-month cost-off process to get accruals for current month closings.

Benefits

• A work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas from every level.
• An organization that lives by its core values every day.
• Team atmosphere where every individual is considered a vital asset.
• State of the art technology to provide an optimal working environment.
• A competitive pay structure.
• Strong benefits.
• Flexibility in work-life integration.
• Team-oriented environment where all individuals play an integral role in the company.
• Opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Construction of Buildings